[ale] unusual global warming experiment

[Geoffrey]

Jim Kinney wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com 
> <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>> wrote:
> 
>     JK wrote:
> 
>      > No, I'm not slighting you, and I don't want to get into the subject
>      > of inequalities in public-school funding, which have well-documented
>      > causes.  (Teachers in districts with high property values usually
>      > don't have the kinds of problems you cite.)
> 
>     I assure you, that is patently wrong.  I don't know of any teacher who
>     does not purchase their own supplies.  My wife, teaching for over 20
>     years has taught in the full spectrum of 'property values' and it's
>     still the same.
> 
> 
> I don't think it's "property value " so much home ownership vs. rental. 
> I really think that sense of responsibility and permanence from home 
> ownership leads to a longer view that supports academic excellence. In 
> the US, a renter is actually encouraged to move often based on move in 
> incentives, etc. Ask any person in K12 teaching how disruptive a family 
> move is to a childs learning process.

Regardless, I assure you, all teachers still purchase a large amount of 
their personal supplies, regardless of where they teach.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson